Corby and Natalie Wedding Highlights

This is another wedding I did of some friends of mine, it was a pure joy to be a part of it. It was a very unique, colorful, and fun wedding!

Ryan and Kate's Wedding Teaser

A few months  ago I was given the great pleasure of videoing Ryan Brooke and Kate Winfrey's wedding.  I consider it a blessing to be a part of their special day.  It was both inspiring and encouraging for me.  Here's a small taste of it.


Kate and Ryan Teaser Video from Jordan Gray on Vimeo.

There's more to come........

Trick or Treat

Halloween was so fun this year. The kids were too cute!! Gavin really got into the whole pirate thing, he is really good at saying "arrrgghh matey!" and he uses his low voice, it is hilarious. We did not think about how covering one eye with the eye patch would take away his depth perception and at the first house he was so excited he ran up to the door and ran right into it! It did not phase him at all though, he was too excited about getting candy.

Babies, Babies, Babies

Kendi - 3 months
I had so much fun taking photos of Kendi, it is incredible that at only 3 months old a child has so much personality already.
Are her blue eyes not amazing??

















Madison- 1 Year
I still cannot believe my sweet girl is one!  I have a funny sibling story.  The other day Madison was playing with Gavin's dumptruck, which he did NOT like, so he walked over to her yelled "no Madi!",  pushed her down, then proceeded to walk to his timeout chair without me even saying a word.  I guess it was worth it.













Crew Colley
more to come soon!

Corbin and Kenzie

This past weekend our really great friends, Brad and Brooke, came to visit and of course I had to take pictures of their kids. They are so adorable, can't you just see them in a gap ad?? I love this family so much!

busy busy

Life has been busy is an understatement for us. Jordan has 1,349,895,389 videos to edit it seems like and I have been shooting and editing and working on website stuff like crazy.
We do all this after 9 when the kids are in bed, so therefore blogging has been put on the end of the list.
Some happenings in our lives....
Gavin had his "first" real haircut at sports clips, which was quickly followed by a second haircut, compliments of Daddy. Someone should notify sports clips that bowl cuts have not been in style since, well, never. Although I must say, Gavin looked SO cute, even with a chili bowl.
Madison had her first bad sickness, strep throat, followed by a mysterious rash which is still coming and going.
Madison had her first birthday last Sunday, it was so fun and special, even though she was covered in a rash.
Uncle Landon moved back to Lubbock. YAY!
My website is up! Not completely finished, but still, it's up. www.jlgphotography.com

The Haircut

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One from a bridal session I did recently, there are more on my photography blog, but it is not quite ready yet.

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A couple from an engagement session

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I really want to get Madi's birthday pictures up and post some fun pictures of the kids soon, hopefully soon won't be a month from now!

Sneak Peek - The Spencer Family

From Spencers

Jennifer - Maternity

I had so much fun taking maternity pictures of Jennifer last week, she is due in a little over a month with baby boy #2, Crew. Coby (who was REALLY excited about the pictures) and Camren joined us for a few shots. Jennifer and Coby are so much fun and are amazing parents, Crew is one lucky baby!

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What we have been up to this week

Our favorite nephew Zack was in town this week! It was so fun to see him (and his parents) and get to see him, Gavin, and Madison interact. Gavin loved having a boy around to show his cars to and Madison liked that Zack would give her the time of day! He is such a sweet boy and is so adorable, he is the perfect mix of his mommy and daddy.

Sorry these pictures are HUGE. I need to resize them down.

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Jordan and I think that all our siblings need to move to Lubbock. You guys go ahead and get on that, okay?

The nice thing about summer....

is that your kids don't get sick. Right? Wrong. Madison has too many sicknesses to even count. Somehow she has managed to catch a cold, a stomach virus, and is teething all at the same time. It was ridiculous when I was telling the nurse all her symptoms, the list went on and on and on. It is awful. I hate when my kids are sick, I just want to make them feel better and I feel so helpless. Gavin came down with it tonight. He was gagging earlier and said his tummy hurt, but just got sick for the first time about an hour ago. Madison started feeling bad Sunday evening and is still running a fever, snot nosed, and having unpleasant diapers, no more vomiting though. And for me, I woke up with the cold-like symptoms and I am hoping it just stays at that.

Here are some pictures I took the other day of Gavin and Madison. It was there 10 month and 27 month pictures.

Definitely click on these and look at them big, you have to check out her cute ponytail!!

These next one is her new "look". She is always making this face, what would you say she is thinking when she look like this??
I still cannot get over her eyelashes.


Look, one hand Mom!
I wanted to try and edit some of Gavin and post them, but I am too tired. Maybe some other day. But here is just one. Isn't that a cool wall??

Hope everyone stays well and my kids made no one sick!!!

A little about Madison...

As of today...
She weighs 18 lbs 5 oz (this is ONLY because she is very active because she eats a LOT)
She is 28" tall


This girl LOVES food. I mean REALLY loves it. She has never denied a bite of food or spit anything out. Some faves are cut up tomatoes, strawberries, zucchini, and cheese.
In this picture she is sucking out the inside of the green bean. She likes to do this before she eats the skin. "Skin"??? Is that right? Green bean skin. That sounds disgusting.


She wants to walk everywhere holding onto my finger, but as soon as I let go she gets so mad. Today she was holding a crayon and I let go and she didn't realize it because she had the crayon and she took several steps! So I don't think it will be long.
Yes, that is a golf ball she is holding and a truck she is pushing. I usually put her doll in the truck to make it a little more feminine.


Swinging is a favorite game along with chase. It is especially fun if Gavin will crawl after and try to get her, she loves it.


She loves her thumb. She always sleeps with her right thumb in her mouth and her left hand holding her ear. SO cute. Isn't she big girl in her bed now??

"I Want A Lil Bike.."

I heard this phrase 243,328,443,903 times every. single. day. For 2 weeks.

Gavin saw a little boy riding a tricycle to the park and the entire time he was there Gavin just stared at this tricycle. In his mind this was the greatest invention ever and he needed one NOW.
He asked and he asked. I tried to get him to ride his tractor, which has pedals just like the little bike, but he did not fall for it. A tractor would not suffice, the boy wanted a lil bike.

Here is a conversation I had with Gavin:

Gavin: Mommy, cuuuute.
Me: Aw, thanks Gavin, you are cute.
Gavin: Mommy cute!
Me: Thanks, you are the most handsome little boy in the world.
Gavin: Mommy......(he tilts his head to the side and gives me the sweetest look ever)
Me: (falling into his trap, I think he is about to say the sweetest thing ever)
Gavin: I WANT A LIL BIKE! (no more sweet tone, no more cute head tilt, he is downright serious)

Can you believe he has already learned how to sweet talk me???

Isnt he cute on his Lil bike? I wish we could get a paint job on it and take off radio flyer and have "lil bike" painted on it. It would be cool to do a spin off west coast choppers and make a rad tricycle.



I love converses for little boys.


Every tricycle needs storage on the back, Gavin keeps McQueen back there.


What do you call these things that hang off the handlebars?? Streamers?? Tassles?? But whatever they are called Madison likes to grab them and Gavin does not like it. However he does let her put stuff in the storage bin. I guess he is just protective of the tassles.


Can't you just see Madison standing on the back of the tricycle and hitching a ride from Gavin??

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Siblings

Aren't they so sweet?? I love this picture because that day they were actually playing together. Madison is finally gotten old enough that they are able to interact and play more, it is so neat to watch.

Which do you like better - color or black and white??

Sarah - Maternity

I took some maternity pictures of Sarah a LONG time ago. I decided to share some, but I had to majorly compress them, which is altering the color and details (very frustrating). If anyone knows how to get images to look better on blogger let me know.


Isn't she beautiful? She had that "pregnancy glow" goin on.